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Carlos Alcaraz, the No. 2 seed, saw his quest for Australian Open glory end in the quarterfinals, with a four-set loss to Germany’s Alexander Zverev – 1-6, 3-6, 7-6, 4-6. Zverev will now play Russia’s Daniil Medvedev in the last four, after the No. 3 seed outlasted Poland’s Hubert Hurkacz (7-6, 2-6, 6-3, 5-7, 6-4) in a marathon encounter that lasted nearly four hours. Zverev’s victory was set up by his unerring accuracy with his first serve (85%), and Alcaraz, who was broken seven times in the match, was barely in the contest till the third set that he won…

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Virat Kohli in focus as India train full throttle for New Year’s Test

Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma in focus as India train ahead of Boxing Day Test vs South Africa in Centurion

K Arumugam Following India’s 1-4 semi-final defeat to Germany at the 2023 FIH Men’s Junior World Cup, CR Kumar, the head coach, put it down to a failure to finish off chances. “We didn’t utilise the 13 penalty corner awards as well as some chances that fell to us,” he said with a rueful smile during the post-match media conference at the Bukit Jalil Stadium in Kuala Lumpur. Despite dominating the first half, India went in 1-2 down, and the defence came up short in the second half as Germany added two more goals. “It was tough getting my messages…

K Arumugam These boys are men now. India’s U-21 national team came through a stern test against the formidable Netherlands in the 2023 FIH Junior World Cup in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Tuesday. These young men in blue are surely walking tall now. They’ve become strong contenders for the title and are set to carve a niche for themselves in the annals of the competition. India’s present and future may be bright. But its Junior World Cup past is murky, revealing utter confusion, lack of direction and vision on the part of petty officials, who believed that the sport was…

Match day Minus 1 from team India practice Session ahead of the World Cup final clash

Smith, Head & Labuschagne’s special preparation for Kuldeep, Jajeda & Ashwin ahead of final | CWC2023